NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/comp/sys/amiga/applicat/9410

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From: [e-mail] (Martin Black)
Subject: Re: Xwindows and the Amiga
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Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
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Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 17:33:43 GMT
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[e-mail] writes:

>    Now back to what I was trying to do. I talk to a friend and h
>some things to me. First, I can not connect into the university network via
>IP without prior arrangement. They need to assign me an IP address, etc. Also,
>since I can only connect at 2400 baud, X-windows would be painfully slow. He
>said that there are companies that can provide a high speed modem connection
>to the internet. However, this is very expensive. Another option I have is to
>get the source code for the application I am trying to run and compile it on t
>Amiga. GfxBase sells a programmer's guide and toolkit that will allow me to do
>this (it allows you to compile standard X11 source code with the SAS/C Compile
>and run your own X applications under AmigaDos). This, however, cost $250.

Yes I have known that through sas/c you could do that with their x11.
Yet I would like to know how much converting to do you need to make
most X apps that compile and run on say a sun, to make it work on your
x11 equipped amiga.  Any owners of the amiga x11 can remark on this?

Martin